One thing that helps me to discern when my life is being shaped by the eternal Potter is the purpose of the pot as it starts to take shape. A pot is made to hold something, and to offer that something to others food or drink, perhaps, or flowers. When God’s hand is guiding the circumstances of my life, the result will be something for others, however small. God the Potter is God the Giver. To trust the process that leads to this result, I am asked to surrender my own limited thoughts and views of what should happen to the larger vision of the holy Potter, who knows what he is making and why.
From the December 10th episode of Margaret Silft’s Advent book: Lighted Windows.
Five Short Words 